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Court Documents Reveal Feds Demanded Finger Prints To Open Phones During Raid

October 18, 2016 Asa J 296 Views Accountability, biometric data, biometric information, California, Central District of California, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Court documents, Department of Justice, digital device, Electronic Frontier Foundation, encryption keys, federal agents, federal raid, finger print raid, fingerprints, FORBES, fourth amendment, iphone, Jennifer Lynch, lancaster, Legal experts, Marina Medvin, Medvin Law, passwords, Police State, smartphone, thumbprints, unreasonable search, warrant

Court documents have revealed that federal agents attempted to bypass iPhone security measures by demanding individuals’ biometric information to open the

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Lawsuit: Lazy San Bernardino Cops Wrongly Jailed 450 People

April 20, 2016April 20, 2016 Asa J 266 Views 450 people wrongfully jailed, attorney Donald Cook, California, Civil rights, class-action lawsuit, Colton, Colton police department, compensatory damages, copblock, copblock.org, Donald Cook, False arrest, False imprisonment, federal lawsuit, fingerprint databases, fingerprints, information systems, Justice System, lawsuit, Manuel Martinez, Police State, San Bernardino County, San Bernardino County sheriff's department, sheriff John McMahon, wrongful incarceration, Wrongfully jailed

A California man is saying in a federal class-action lawsuit that the San Bernardino County sheriff’s department has wrongfully jailed

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Is Fingerprint Identification Really as Foolproof as Portrayed?

October 30, 2015October 30, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 486 Views Accountability, Alfred Stratton, blood, bloody thumbprint, Civil rights, common points, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, courtroom, courts, crime, crime scene, Dishonesty, evidence, fingerprints, Forensic science, freedom, grease, Henry Faulds, identical twins, Investigation, Justice System, kelly patterson, LA Times, Maryland, murder, myths, National Academy of Sciences, nevada cop block, nvcopblock.org, partial print, police, rights, Scotland Yard, smudges, sound science, sweat, trials, unemployed ruffian, wrongfull convictions

It’s a pretty accepted idea that fingerprint evidence is an airtight method of proving that an accused person was at

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Military Facial Recognition Tech Now In The Hands Of Local Police

August 13, 2015November 28, 2015 Asa J 464 Views ACLU, american civil liberties union, biometric program, biometrics, boston, chicago, civil liberties, copblock, copblock.org, department of defense, DNA profiles, facial recognition, facial recognition software, FBI, fingerprints, fourth amendment, intelligence agencies, iris scans, Lt. Scott Wahl, military, New York, New York Times, Next Generation Identification, Next Generation Identification biometric program, oakland, photographs, Privacy, privacy rights, san diego, San Diego police, software, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance cameras, surveillance state, Technology, voice identification records

According to a new New York Times report, facial recognition software utilized by intelligence agencies and the military is currently